Background: A majority of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients report that their symptoms are
related to food ingestion. However, there are lacking evidence for what kind of nutrient
patterns and nutrient intake that decrease ...

Background: Several studies have shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular risk. Vitamin D status is assessed by determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in serum. Methods: We assessed the ...

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is an aggressive malignancy characterized by accumulation of
immature myeloid cells in the bone marrow. The overall disease-free survival is less than 50% even
for the younger patients ...

Background: A high rate of post-infectious fatigue and abdominal symptoms two years after a
waterborne outbreak of giardiasis in Bergen, Norway in 2004 has previously been reported. The
aim of this report was to identify ...

Background and Aims: Recently, several genome-wide association studies have revealed that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in proximity to IL28B predict spontaneous clearance of HCV infection as well as outcome ...

It is generally accepted that acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients are immunocompromized. On the
other hand, antileukemic immune reactivity is important for the improved survival of AML patients treated with ...

Obesity is considered a state of low-grade inflammation, and this inflammation is strongly related to development of systematic insulin resistance. Hyperglycemia develops during insulin resistance as insulin-stimulated ...